Processing the data onsite To process the data onsite, we got a Lenovo Legion 9 with an RTX 5080 up and running from the first session to drive the scanners and give us a way to view the images and data we’d captured. A lagging machine would have cost us time when we needed to

A few years ago, while using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to survey some of the Universe’s earliest galaxies, astronomers noticed a peculiar and extremely bright “Little Red Dot” they’ve since concluded is a mashup of a black hole and a star. This massive Black Hole Star cranks out 100 billion times more energy

In this episode of Photonics Hot List: A new scalable approach to designing solar panels could ultimately convert plastic waste into clean hydrogren fuel and energy. Optica has announced the 2026 Optica i4 Corporate Achievement Prize, and The Partner Companies has named a new group president for its Optical Solutions Group. A robust ultrablack coating

Nvidia’s strategy in quantum computing is unlike any other company’s because they’re not building their own quantum processor, but rather the platform that all other quantum hardware and software can integrate into and leverage to achieve the potential of quantum computing. This might not surprise anyone familiar with the way Nvidia engages with other industries—it’s

While sub-megahertz linewidths satisfy many quantum operations, some reference sources require even greater coherence. Hybrid architectures that combine DFB lasers with photonic integrated circuits (PICs) are attracting significant interest. Integrated resonators, stabilization structures, and optical feedback elements can further narrow effective linewidth of semiconductor technologies.3 Such approaches may ultimately provide a path toward highly scalable